Rail-joint.



gli

RAIL-'GINT.

Specification of Lefes Patent.

n Strength and. omifiiicive capuciiy.

ipm'eofere it has bean pi'oposeci fm Wahia, boss on die inner side n,fish pkw] i@ ive web oi a mii by p i eieri@ cuiieiii thifouggh Hi@ fishplaie and boss and'be web te produce a welding heat, and than ffmc@ aunion of th@ pais by subjecting them to great pibe i; This may Weiinei'ei'nied :in indifesi processi, and is i-mnipii'ie iu i'. Si. iieiiNo. GLGABT). My imeii 'fm may viali be i'med :i diieifprocess Since itprmficies meaux di elLiy .ufrfiiig iii@ @minding surizices in ier.'iiiiywzich be found. in providing notch in @they 0i it possibi@ toprminoe :i difesi.

iiiiegiai Sti'uctiii'e with n, weld of substaniai ai'ezi at ibis point-vWhei@ the rails are Hubjeci'wi in gre-ai (iitoi'ficiz, im w the Transferof zz load 'from me if he @Hic-1'. ,fit the joini'l of the i'aiis thesheziring sii-ain is' in a vertical .iiiection as the hind 'transferredto one 0i? the ohei, aiiifi it is :ifivisable hem tu have die wel@".eiiii in a. geuit-mi vai-tieni directimis0-zisog added si'engg'ii toii'ihsrmid hiS siianifing; Simili vases of the noiches in the iilgges ofdie thi@ effe-ct is: pwduced. and ii i l WGldiiig apeikuie can be foi mdin the fish pigri@ al" the joint., ih@ ioigoi fiini 'on oit whichexfends in :iv4 geiifeiai @iran-ion 'www \'ei"-:e. ly of dw fish pia e.it i5 t@ be under? s wd iiat usualjf iii@ fish plates iii ih@ me yetwendie hem( mici bag; mi? ih@ mii,

i seciional View of mi@ xiii join.

invention :is im@ described mi gmiis riff iiie vmizplete jwiiii' Mimi i0Supp 'f :imi si'mggtiien miv nimiiiiei :1mi iii miiiiiirm wu- Yiiie :mintegral simcm'e i'f iu :iiif .1.1m

[ish plaies.

the edges of the isii'pia't ai 'die mii join;

Qd indicies iii@ beveiwi ge 0i" l these apituies; e denotes the notchesup j denotes spaced Welds between the edges of the fish plates and thehead and base of the rail; ,f/ denotes a welding aperture ai the railjoint with its longer dimension extending transversely of the fishplate.

if claim as my invention:

1. That improvementin the art of uniting rails and fish plates whichconsists in placing the rails end to end in alineinent with each other,locating sh plates against the sides of the rail webs to overlap theends thereof, securingT said fish plates to said' rails by headedfasteners, forming welding apertures through the body 'of said fishplates, and welding the contacting lsurfaces of the fish plates land,rail webs Within the apertures.

2. That improvement in the art of uniting rails and fish plates whichconsists in placing the rails end to end in alinement with each other,locating fish plates against the sides of the rail webs to overlap theends thereof, securing said fish plates/to said rails by headedfasteners, forming notches Z5 in one edge of said fish plates at thejoint between the rail ends, Welding said fish plates tothe rails alongthe boundaries of said notches, and Welding the fish platcsto the vrailsat other points.

3. rhat improvement in the art of unitingV rails and fish piates whichConsistsin placing the rails end to end in alinement with each other,locating fish plates against the sides of the rail webs to overlap theends .-thereof, securing said fish plates to said rails by' headedfasteners, and Welding said fish jplates to said rails, the edge of saidfish plates along the partsto be Welded being Y .i outwardly beveled. 40lJ-,Tloat improvement in the art of uniting rails and fish plates whichconsists in placing the rails end to end in alinement with each other,locating fish. plates against the sides of the rail Webs to overlap theends thereof, securing` said fish. plates to said rails by headedfasteners, forming Welding apertures through the Abody of said fishplates'at either side of the oint, Welding the contacting surfaces ofthe fish plates and rail webs Within the apertures, the longerboundaries of said apertures being disposed in the general direction ofthe lengthof the fish plates.

5. That improvement in the art of uniting rails and fish plates whichconsists in placing the rails end to end in alinement with each ether,locating fish plates against the sides ofthe rail viebs to overlaptheendsl thereof, forming Welding apertures through body nevose@ the sidesof the rail Webs to overlap the ends thereof, forming` weldingvapertures in the body of the fish plates with their longer dimensionextending in a general longitudinaldirection, forming Weldingnotches inthe edges of the fish plates at the rail joint, with their longerdimension arranged in a general direction transverseiyof the fishplates,

and Welding the contacting surfaces of the fish plates and rail websalong the boundaries of said apertures and notches.

7. That improvement in the art of unit' ing rails and fish plates whichconsists in lacing the rails end to end in alinement With each other,locating fish plates against the sides of the rail Webs to overlap theends l thereof, forming` Welding apertures in the of the fish plates andnotches in the edges thereof at the rail joint, the bounding edges ofsaid apertures and notches being outwardly beveled.

8. That improvement in the art of unit ing' rails and fish plates whichconsists in placing the rails end to end in alinement with each other,locating 'fish Iplates against the sides of .the rail Webs to ot'lierlapthe ends thereof, securing` said fish plates to said rails by headedfasteners, forming notches in one edge of said fish plates at the jointbetween the rail ends, and Welding said fish plates to the rails alongthe boundaries of said notches.

9. That improvement in the art of uniting` rails and fish plates whichconsists in -placiirg the rails end to end in alinenientl with eachother, locating fish plates against the sides of the rail webs tooverlap the ends thereof, securing said fish plates to said rails byheaded fasteners, forming' a Welding ap erture through the body of saidfish plates at the joint, the longer dimension of said ap ertureextending in a general direction transversely of the fish plates, andWelding said fish plates to the ends of both rails within said aperture.

CHESTER F. GAILOR. 1Witnesses i H. E. HART, A. E. UBnrnn.

